Sleeping Lesson
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Shoot, it's always a gamble with older PC games.
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Giant Bomb #17 | Baby Dan Wyckert
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Chance Hale
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Gozer the Gozerian
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yo man interstate 76 was fuckin sick
Sleeping Lesson
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You're playing Alan Wake, so you have great taste as far as I'm concerned.
codenamed moredor
More like Snoredor, mirite?
Also acceptable; Choredor, Boredor etc.
I actually like Shadow of Mordor but I like awful word play more.
LurkerPrime
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Alan Wake is a good showcase for this post.
Felix Lighter
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I was looking at Witcher 3 mods and ran into this. Thought it was appropriate for this thread:
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/796/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/796/?
Admit it, you only fired up Alan Wake to look good.
Glitchesarecool
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Here is a long retrospective of Fear. It is quite interesting, if you have an hour to spare.
I like this guy's cantor. Great watch so far, just hitting 2's dlc.
I never played any FEAR games. Should I try the first?
I was looking at Witcher 3 mods and ran into this. Thought it was appropriate for this thread:
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/796/?
Appropriate for my nightmares, you mean.
yo man interstate 76 was fuckin sick
so was vigilante 8
had a lot of fun with the xbla re-release
I like this guy's cantor. Great watch so far, just hitting 2's dlc.
I never played any FEAR games. Should I try the first?
Give FEAR a go. It won't be too expensive. It is still one of the better examples of AI working well in concert with level design.
*Saying that depresses me a tad.
so was vigilante 8
Hell yeah it was. Never played the sequel though, how was that?
LurkerPrime
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Hell yeah it was. Never played the sequel though, how was that?
Vigilante 16, basically.
Those games were really fun. Floating futurecop android was the best, though I always wanted to like the garbageman alien.
BreezyLimbo
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You know, despite the hate they got, I think that Twisted Metal 3 and 4 are pretty awesome games. Especially Twisted Metal 4, that game was the bomb.
....When I was a kid, my brother let his friend borrow TM4, and that asshole lost it. So he gave me Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 on the Dreamcast.
.............I was so pissed off. I kept the copy(And then I sold it for 20 bucks, hell yeah) and got another copy of TM4.
....When I was a kid, my brother let his friend borrow TM4, and that asshole lost it. So he gave me Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 on the Dreamcast.
.............I was so pissed off. I kept the copy(And then I sold it for 20 bucks, hell yeah) and got another copy of TM4.
Piston Hyundai
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You know, despite the hate they got, I think that Twisted Metal 3 and 4 are pretty awesome games. Especially Twisted Metal 4, that game was the bomb.
....When I was a kid, my brother let his friend borrow TM4, and that asshole lost it. So he gave me Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 on the Dreamcast.
.............I was so pissed off. I kept the copy(And then I sold it for 20 bucks, hell yeah) and got another copy of TM4.
3 was trash
4 was good in spite of rob zombie
Until Dawn Giant Bomb #3 GotY
Could you imagine?
Emily's got a shot at best new character.
This is how Yoshi's Wooly World gets on the GOTY list.Big news: Austin bought a Wii U!
Felix Lighter
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I played a ton of Twisted Metal 1 & 2 but I felt Twisted Metal Black was the best of the series.
Big news: Austin bought a Wii U!
But there's no Gundam game on it!
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Shoot, it's always a gamble with older PC games.
I'm downloading it again. I haven't tried it since a clean windows 10 install. Last time was on a pretty old and clogged up windows 7 install.
Chance Hale
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I can't help but love Alan Wake, and it looks wonderful on the PC. Nothing like getting chased down by a demon monster truck which you kill with your energizer branded batteries!You're playing Alan Wake, so you have great taste as far as I'm concerned.
Felix Lighter
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Alan Wake is an excellent game. And the part that a lot of people seemed to dislike, the combat, I always found enjoyable. The enemies do a good job of trying to get behind you, so it becomes a game of positioning to make sure you can keep all enemies on screen when managing crowds.
slightconfuse
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Holy crap a new demo derby!!!
Yesss
Yesss
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This is where I alienate myself and say I couldn't stand Alan Wake. I tried to play it again recently on pc and just couldn't put up with it.
Twin Tails
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Alan Wake is great. Waiting for the sequel
that will never be :|. QB looks rad though.
Incandenza
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Alan Wake came out at a time when I had just watched a ton of Lost and read a ton of Stephen King so of course I was gonna love that game.
I think the radio clips were my favorite part.
I think the radio clips were my favorite part.
Chance Hale
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I don't know, game seems kind of disappointing. Even more mmo tasks than Xenoblade and less charm. Almost zero cities out in the wilderness and so on. Very pretty though and hopefully the impressions I've read are on the harsher side and I still enjoy it.I'm pretty excited for Austin Walker to fight for Xenoblade Chronicles X as GOTY
After all, there are crazy people here who don't like Max Payne 3!
The Dear Leader
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Alan Wake came out at a time when I had just watched a ton of Lost and read a ton of Stephen King so of course I was gonna love that game.
I think the radio clips were my favorite part.
I always have a desire to replay whenever I watch Twin Peaks.
LurkerPrime
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I'm pretty excited for Austin Walker to fight for Xenoblade Chronicles X as GOTY
I like the way you think.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Did he like the original xenoblade?
Been playing it on the 3ds and eh, it's OK. Wouldn't say it's super amazing as I've heard from others but it's still a fun game.
Been playing it on the 3ds and eh, it's OK. Wouldn't say it's super amazing as I've heard from others but it's still a fun game.
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I always have a desire to replay whenever I watch Twin Peaks.
I get that but with Deadly Premonition.
Sleeping Lesson
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I totally understand what people didn't like about Alan Wake's combat. There was just too much of it. The secret best way to play the game is on Nightmare difficulty, where you quickly learn to run from most engagements instead of fight them out. It makes the game much more well-paced.
The thing about Alan Wake that makes me love it so much, though, is the world. The late-night radio show did was super nostalgic for me as someone who grew up in the Pacific Northwest listening to Coast to Coast AM. I fucking love that game.
The thing about Alan Wake that makes me love it so much, though, is the world. The late-night radio show did was super nostalgic for me as someone who grew up in the Pacific Northwest listening to Coast to Coast AM. I fucking love that game.
Piston Hyundai
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I played a ton of Twisted Metal 1 & 2 but I felt Twisted Metal Black was the best of the series.
Black is one of the few times where a gritty, dark reboot actually worked out.
The Dear Leader
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I get that but with Deadly Premonition.
Yep that's another one, except actually replaying Deadly Premonition can be a chore.
BreezyLimbo
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Black is one of the few times where a gritty, dark reboot actually worked out.
It was one of the first gritty reboots too, back in 2001.
I totally understand what people didn't like about Alan Wake's combat. There was just too much of it. The secret best way to play the game is on Nightmare difficulty, where you quickly learn to run from most engagements instead of fight them out. It makes the game much more well-paced.
The thing about Alan Wake that makes me love it so much, though, is the world. The late-night radio show did was super nostalgic for me as someone who grew up in the Pacific Northwest listening to Coast to Coast AM. I fucking love that game.
Problem is you can't unlock Nightmare mode until you beat the game. And locking collectibles behind that mode too is absolutely infuriating game design.
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Yep that's another one, except actually replaying Deadly Premonition can be a chore.
You're right, the combat is terrible, but the weirdness is the best. I just rewatch the endurance runs.
Sleeping Lesson
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Problem is you can't unlock Nightmare mode until you beat the game. And locking collectibles behind that mode too is absolutely infuriating game design.
Yeah those are both bad design decisions. The collectibles in general encourage the player to experience that world in the worst way.
But maaaan, when you're running from the police and you see their flashlights in the mist and watch as they get picked off one by one throughout the episode... just so well done. I also like that there is still mystery in that world. They over-explained "the dark place" a bit, but there's a lot more going on that I hope AW2 someday gets to explore.
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Chance Hale
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If you play the trueProblem is you can't unlock Nightmare mode until you beat the game. And locking collectibles behind that mode too is absolutely infuriating game design.
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Yeah those are both bad design decisions. The collectibles in general encourage the player to experience that world in the worst way.
But maaaan, when you're running from the police and you see their flashlights in the mist and watch as they get picked off one by one throughout the episode... just so well done. I also like that there is still mystery in that world. They over-explained "the dark place" a bit, but there's a lot more going on that I hope AW2 someday gets to explore.
I did enjoy a ton about that game now that I come to think on it. And there were some really cool moments and set pieces (the rock stage for instance, or the power plant).
But it seemed like it was having an identity crisis at times probably due to being in development for so long and the implementation of collectables are like number one with a bullet evidence of that.
If you play the trueversion it's available from the start.pc
Is it? I played it on the PC and seem to remember not being able to do this.
Glitchesarecool
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Emily's got a shot at worst new character.
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Chance Hale
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Yes, it's always been that way with the pc version. It was one of the original bullet points for the release.
I just finished my first playthrough of the pc version of Alan Wake on nightmare.
I just finished my first playthrough of the pc version of Alan Wake on nightmare.
Emily's got a shot at best new character.
Like, I get you bro, I get you. But also, you know what? Fuck that and fuck you and fuck Emily and fuck everything. Burn this shit down.
Yes, it's always been that way with the pc version. It was one of the original bullet points for the release.
I just finished my first playthrough of the pc version of Alan Wake on nightmare.
Well I'm an idiot with no excuses then.
Sleeping Lesson
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That's right, the PC version did have it unlocked from the get-go.
The original 360 release is also one of my favorite Collector's Editions ever. They really wanted people to be able to delve into that world, and boy did I. I even read the novelization, which was really bad.
The original 360 release is also one of my favorite Collector's Editions ever. They really wanted people to be able to delve into that world, and boy did I. I even read the novelization, which was really bad.
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